What is CVE-2020-22336?

CVE-2020-22336 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pdfcrack Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-22336?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-22336 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Pdfcrack Project

CVE-2020-22336

An issue was discovered in pdfcrack 0.17 thru 0.18, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stack overflow in the MD5 function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (65.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pdfcrack_project Pdfcrack
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

p1ay8y3ar/crashdatas

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-22336?: CVE-2020-22336 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pdfcrack Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-22336?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-22336 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.